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Meaning of rounding error

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rounding

Pronunciation:/ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To shape something into a curve.

    Example: The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.

  2. To become shaped into a curve.

  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

    Example: She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.

  4. To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

    Example: Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.

verb

Definitions

  1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

  2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.

  2. The numerical value obtained by this process.

  3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.

  4. A rounded surface; a curve.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.